Black walnut butter cookies
72 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup | Butter; (no substitutes), softened |
| 1 | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | cup | Cornstarch |
| ½ | cup | Confectioner's sugar |
| ½ | cup | Chopped black walnuts or walnuts |
| Additional confectioners' sugar | ||
Directions
Notes Patsy Bell Hobson, Liberty, Missouri.COUNTRY MAGAZINE In a mixing bowl, cream butter. Combine flour, cornstarch and sugar: add to butter and mix well. Stir in walnuts. Roll in to ¾ inch balls and place 1 inch apart on greased baking sheets. Bake at 300 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until set. Cool on wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: 6 dozen.
"This part of the SHOW ME STATE has an abundance of black walnuts, so these cookies certainly represent my region of the country. I created this recipe after a lot of experimentation…my family thinks they're a hit"! Posted to recipelu-digest by ncanty@... (Nadia I Canty) on Mar 22, 1998